Director Sam Raimi ("The Quick and the Dead" 1995) and screenwriter Dana Steven have created a soppy and overly sentimental sports drama about a forty-year-old major league pitcher facing his last season, with a romantic subplot. The film was adapted from the 1991 [..]

"Purgatory" is a made-for-television western movie that tells the story of a group of outlaws fleeing a posse and mysteriously finding themselves in a town called Refuge. It slowly dawns on them that they are actually in a sort of purgatory, where they must atone for past [..]

"Dick" is a hilarious comedy about two fifteen-year-old girls who unwittingly, in an almost Forest Gump style, become acquainted with President Richard Nixon, who makes them his official dog-walkers, giving them daily access to the White House. They soon become involved with the Watergate scandal, and the [..]

"Girl, Interrupted" is a psychological drama movie telling the story of a young woman institutionalized for 18 months after a suicide attempt. Director James Mangold ("Cop Land" 1997) did a good job of adapting the 1993 memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen. There are [..]

Director-screenwriter David O. Russell ("Flirting With Disaster" 1996) put together a lame black comedy called "Three Kings." On the surface, it is a story of four American soldiers pulling off a gold heist during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq against Saddam Hussein following the end of the [..]

"Joan of Arc" is a film about a young Frenchwoman in the 15th century who was instrumental in freeing her nation from foreign domination. This three hour movie tells the story of Joan's entire life from 1412-1431. There are numerous problems with this movie, starting with [..]

The story of "Star Wars" begins in a trilogy of prequels, the first one called "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace." Set thirty-two years before the original "Star Wars" of 1977, the story has Jedi master Qui-Jon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi [..]

The Best Picture of 1999 is....."American Beauty," a black comedy-drama film that tells the story of a media executive going through a mid-life crisis as he deals with a crush on his teenage daughter's best friend, gets fired from his job, and discovers his wife's infidelity. Director [..]

"A Belle for Christmas" is the story of a brother and sister who discover that their newly adopted puppy has been disposed of by their father's gold digger girl friend. The pair then recruit their neighborhood friends and set out on a search for the beloved canine [..]

Hollywood always seems to be at its best when it makes movies about itself, and "Bowfinger" is no exception. Steve Martin plays Bobby Bowfinger, an aspiring filmmaker who wants to produce a movie on a budget from his life savings - a whopping $2,184! The laughter [..]